Thursday, July 07, 2005

Obsessions

Then Jen asked us to make a list of obsessions. I am not sure if one can bring one's obsessions into consciousness. But there are some recurrent motifs that do appear in what I write, especially when I'm writing off the top of my head. Here is a temporary list:


sky
dogs
sea
summer
winter
grand parents
bilingual areas, bilingual people
the US Southwest
islands (esp. Hawaii)
deserts
people in transition
tranquility, soundlessness
death
fear of death
contingency of existence
humidity / temperature
futile efforts
volcanoes
sacred mountains
sun, sunshine, shadows
rain, clouds
the passing of clouds
the sense of isolation